Each year John and I head to the Phoenix area to recover from the holidays and enjoy the wonderful sunny and usually warm weather there. This year our adventure included friends Tim and Ann from our local Bay area running club. They braved stormy driving conditions with high winds and tumbleweeds attacking their van, but declared it was worth it when they finally arrived. One of the zaniest times was our Sunday trek to Carefree, AZ, where we saw an art show, did a high class dumpster dive, visited local galleries and had a late campagne brunch at the Carefree Station Grill and Bar.
Tim and Ann helped us with our traveling restaurant critique that we started this summer during a vacation in Sedona. We evaluate each restaurant based on 5 criteria....Presentation, Price, Ambiance, Service and Taste/quality of the food. The Carefree Station was a winning experience for all with 5 spoons across the board. The chocolate brownie dessert with a spicy chipotle flavor was a really big hit. That will be first on our return favs when we get back to Arizona again.
